Celbridge
Kildare County Council says it won’t provide speed bumps in a north Kildare residential area.
Cllr Lumi Panaite Fahey asked KCC to take the measure to reduce speeding at Chestnut Grove in Celbridge " as a matter of urgency.
However KCC says there is “no recorded evidence of excessive speeding in Chestnut Grove to warrant the installation of a ramp in the estate.”
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It added that the layout of the road does not allow for the installation of a “vertical deflection ramp.”
This is because there is a requirement for 150 metres of a straight section of road “in advance of a ramp.”
The longest straight section of road in Chestnut Grove is 38 metres and the total length of the road there is 90m.
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